"Chris Lewis" wrote

I was kinda wondering about the driftwood....

I can't see a reason to not use it unless it's on the edge of a chemical
dump or something.

I did a bit of googling, and saw:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/air/particulates/rwssabi.html

The more significant rationale seems to be that driftwood on ocean
beaches is laden with salt. Entirely aside from the mentioned
potential of dioxin/furan production, chlorine ions and heat will
accelerate the corrosion of metal stove or venting systems, and
aren't terribly good to be downwind of either.

Snicker, ok. I'd not burn it inside but it seems strange that something i
can drop in my fishtank (goldies) would harm me if burned.